Joan Halifax Quotes

My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.

Joan Halifax

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WorkPracticeDoingMy OwnMovement

People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.

Joan Jett

PeopleYouDownGoGo For ItAlways

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.

Andre Malraux

LoveTruthHistoryTimeThinkEnd

I'm good with getting older because I feel like, one day, I know I will love myself.

Amanda Seyfried

LoveGoodMyselfDayGetting Older

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

Ski Mask the Slump God

MusicWantThemeWithoutBeingMake

My mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud... It was always interesting, and I really enjoyed that my parents always included us in their lives.

Sofia Coppola

ParentsMomCalmThinkInteresting

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were... Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff?

Robbie Robertson

TimeFoundationYouKnowWantKids

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

Lou Reed

BeautifulYouImportantWantHip-Hop

When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory.

Joshua Foer

CarKnowledgeMemoryDestination

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.

Jon Corzine

WordsLookingCareLegalWrongMore

You embrace disruption. I think it's a good thing.

Denise Morrison

GoodThinkYouEmbraceDisruption

My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.

William Standish Knowles

FamilyBusinessMattersBackground

My mom will sometimes call me Winnie. It's so annoying. I'm like, 'Who are you talking to?'

Winnie Harlow

MeMomTalkingYouSometimesWill

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